1. Low Friction
Personal
Data Collection
Aaron Parecki
@aaronpk • aaronparecki.com
CyborgCamp PDX
November 2012

2. Things I currently track
 Location/GPS (since 2008)
 Location/Checkins (since 2009)
 Sleep (since November 2011)
 Weight (since October 2011)
 Car Gas Fillups (2008-2011)
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3. Location / GPS
2008 - Present
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4. Hardware GPS Logger
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5. GPS-Enabled Phone (2008)
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6. Geoloqi on an iPhone
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9. Location / Checkins
2009 - Present
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10. Foursquare Checkins
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11. Checkie: One-click Checkins
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12. Checkin History
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13. Car Gas Fillups
2008 - 2011
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14. Simple SMS Interface
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15. Fillups

16. Sleep
Nov 2011 - Present
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17. Sleep Cycle App
 Place your phone on your bed
 Requires your phone to be
plugged in
 Can wake you up at an
appropriate time

18. Fitbit
 Tracks steps, activity, and sleep
 To track sleep, requires you wear it
around your wrist
 I was not able to sustain this because of
the extra effort of using the wrist strap
 Button tap to put into “Sleep” mode
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19. Jawbone UP
 Always on my wrist, so I never forget about it
 Battery lasts 8-10 days
 Button tap to put into “Sleep” mode
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20. Sleep Logs
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21. Sleep Logs
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22. Sleep Logs
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23. Weight
Oct 2011 - Present
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24. Withings Wireless Scale
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25. Withings Wireless Scale
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26. Things I Want to
Track
But have not yet been able to
for various reasons
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27. Food and drink I
consume
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28. Stress level
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29. What people I am with
at any given time
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30. Who I've
communicated with
each day
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31. General noise level
around me at all times
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32. Ambient sound
recordings with
transcriptions
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33. Ambient photo/video
recording
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34. Low Friction is Key
If I can’t use it, then probably
nobody else will either
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35. Thanks
Aaron Parecki
@aaronpk
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